Microsoft Makes Data-Analysis Tools Free
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Microsoft Corp. will offer free data-analysis tools and make them easier to use and set up, seeking to attract more business-software customers.
Power BI, which is used daily by Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella, competes with software from Tableau Software Inc., International Business Machines Corp.’s Watson Analytics and Salesforce.com Inc.’s Analytics Cloud. Tens of thousands of companies use it to analyze business operations and finances.